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David Hewlett has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s.
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Elizabeth Harvest
2018
Science Fiction · Thriller

The Similars
2015
Horror · Science Fiction

The Call of Cthulhu
2006
Horror · Thriller

The Whisperer in Darkness
2011
Horror · Mystery

You Shall Not Sleep
2018
Horror · Thriller

Southbound
2015
Fantasy · Thriller

The Dark
2005
Horror · Thriller

Brain Dead
1990
Thriller · Horror
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
Dir. Vincenzo Natali · With Nicole De Boer, Nicky Guadagni, Maurice Dean Wint

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins

Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.
Dir. Sandor Stern · With Jonathan Banks, David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston

With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins.
Dir. Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright · With Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell

An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Dir. Vincenzo Natali · With Jeremy Northam, Kristina Nicoll, Nigel Bennett

A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
Dir. Vincenzo Natali · With Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, David Hewlett

Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Dir. Larysa Kondracki · With Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.
Dir. Vincenzo Natali · With Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac

Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with an offer: plan a heist for him, or go to jail. As the clock ticks, they find that the risk might be higher than just their freedom.
Dir. William Phillips · With Ryan Reynolds, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky
After a terrible day, two good friends and housemates find the outside world converted into a featureless and empty white void.
Dir. Vincenzo Natali · With David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Gordon Pinsent
A breed of humans with dangerously powerful telepathic abilities -- the scanners -- are being recruited by a corrupt police commander, John Forrester, in his crusade to take over the city.
Dir. Christian Duguay · With David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Yvan Ponton
Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, a psychopathic contract killer who's seeking revenge for the death of his brother.
Dir. Roger Avary · With Luke Bracey, Nina Dobrev, Crispin Glover
Six young computer hackers sent to work on a derelict space freighter, are forced to match wits with a vengeful artificial intelligence that would kill to be human.
Dir. David Hewlett · With Jeananne Goossen, Adrian Holmes, Adam Butcher
After an overly ambitious businessman transports an 80-foot python to the United States, the beast escapes and starts to leave behind a trail of human victims. An FBI agent and a snake specialist come up with a plot to combat the creature by pitting it against a bioengineered, 70-foot boa constrictor. It's two great snakes that snake great together!
Dir. David Flores · With David Hewlett, Jaime Bergman, Kirk B.R. Woller
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